West Ham United manager, David Moyes, has lauded Ghanaian midfielder Mohammed Kudus after his impressive showing in the Hammers' victory over Backa Topola in the Europa League.

The Black Stars midfielder scored his debut goal, leading West Ham to a comeback win at the London Olympic Stadium.

Kudus was making his first start for the club since joining the English side in the summer transfer window from Ajax.

West Ham were handed an early setback when Topola took an early second-half lead through Petar Stanic before Kudus forced an own goal from Nemanja Petrovic to level the score in the 66th minute.

The former Ajax star gave West Ham the lead four minutes later before Tomas Soucek completed the comeback with nine minutes remaining.

"I thought Mo started the game really well, and the team was playing well in the opening 20 minutes. He faded away, but in the end, he came up with one and maybe two goals, I’m being told, so I’m really, really pleased for him," said Moyes after the game.

"He’s made a good start, we like him a lot, and we’ll edge him in when we get the opportunities in the right moments to do so. I’m pleased because we needed someone to come up with goals tonight, and he was the one who did it."

The Hammers will face Liverpool in the English Premier League on Sunday as they look to bounce back.